A new monachine seal (Monachinae, Phocidae, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Cerro La Bruja (Ica department, Peru)
Author
Dewaele, Leonard
Directorate of Earth and History of Life, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 Rue Vautier, Brussels 1000 (Belgium) and FunMorph Lab, Department of Biology, Antwerp University, Campus Drie Eiken, 1 Universiteitsplein, Antwerp 2610 (Belgium) and EDDy Lab, Department of Geology, Liège University, Quartier Agora, 14 Allée du six Août, Liège 4000 (Belgium)
Author
Muizon, Christian de
Départment Origines et Évolution, CR 2 P URM 7207 (MNHN, CNRS, Sorbonne Université), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France)
text
Geodiversitas
2024
2024-02-15
46
3
31
100
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2024v46a3.pdf
journal article
288381
10.5252/geodiversitas2024v46a3
8640f6be-b3a6-45ac-93ac-f522e14c3eba
1638-9395
10671140
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D352D32F-9010-4E2D-ABEF-B890D7BD630D
TABLE 8. — Measurements (in mm) of the atlas of Magophoca brevirostris n. gen., n. sp. Abbreviations: e, estimate for a character due to minor damage; >, the character is larger than the provided measure, on the condition that the measure is not too far off the actual value; n/a, a character could not be measured.| MNHN.F.PPI276 MNHN.F.PPI269 |
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| (holotype) | (paratype) |
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| Character | left right | left right |
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| Overall, height | > 46.8 | 50.2e |
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| Overall, width | 115.8 | 114.2e |
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| Wings, transverse length | 32.2 n/a | 29.8 28.1 |
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| Wings, least width | 32.6 n/a | 28.7 28.7 |
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| Wings, maximum width | 38.0e n/a | > 33.5 35.3 |
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| Articular facet for axis, height | n/a 18.1 | 19.8 20.3 |
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| Articular facet for axis, width | n/a 18.9 | 21.8 21.7 |
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| Neural arch, length | 26.9 | 27.1 |
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| Ventral bar, length | n/a | 15.7 |
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| Neural canal, width | 27.1 | 27.6 |
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| Neural canal, height | 30.7 | 27.8 |
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